Carline



F. MATHEWS.

CARLINE.

APPLICATION FIILED JAN-26,1920.

Patented Nov. 8, 1921.

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F. MATHEWS.

CARLINE.

-' APPLICATION FILED. JAN-26,1920.

Patented Nov. 8, 1921.

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UNITED STATES FRED MATHEWS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

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Specification of Letters iatent'.

Patented Nov. 3, 1921;

Application filed January26, 1920. Serial No. 354,071.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRED MATHEWS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and. State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvementsin Carlines, of which the fol; lowing is a full,clear, and exact description. My invention relates to the roofs of railroad cars and particularly to channeled carlines for the same, and its object is to strengthen and reinforce the ends of such channeled oarlines, at which points the chan nels are deepest and where the roof load is supported. This I accomplish by a very simple, inexpensive and effective addition to the ends of said carlines,substantially as hereinafter described and as particularly pointed out inthe claims. In the drawings: a i Figure 1. is a side elevation of a broken away end of thecarline showing my invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a transverse section taken on dotted line 2, 2, Fig.1,lookingin the direction indicated by arrows. 1

Fig. 3 is a sideview of the end of said carline showing a modified construction of my invention applied thereto. a i

Fig. 4 is a transverse section of the sam taken on dotted line 4, 4, Fig. 3, looking in the direction indicated by the arrows.

Fig. 5 is a plan View of said carline, showingyet anothermodification of my invention applied thereto. a .1.

a Fig. 6 shows a transverse section taken on dotted line 6, 6, Fig. 5.

Fig. 7 is a longitudinal sectionof the same taken on dotted line 7,7,Fig. 5. I

1 Referring tothe drawings Aindicates a broken away end of a channeled carline. in which the longitudinal channel therein is deepest at its ends. The longitudinal edges a, a, of this channel are flanged laterally and the end edges of the said carline are in a vertical plane at right angles to the length of the same.

Each end of the carline is reinforced by an end-plate, which, as will hereinafter appear, has its vertical web. 13 engaging the end edges of the carline andclosesthe ends of the channel thereof. This vertical web is wider than the carline andits sides extend beyond the sides of the same. The upper edge of said web is bent horizontally over the end of the carline and forms. a flange O,

which lapsover and is secured by rivets c, c, to the flanged edges 0, of the channel of the carline, substantially as shown in the drawings. The lower edge of the vertical web B is extended and bent inward toward the center of the carline and is slit longitudinally to provide a central reach D, which laps under and is riveted to the bottom oi the channel by a, rivet d, and provides two struts E, E, that extend upward at a. suit able angle from the lower edge of said web B alongside ofeach side of the channel to the underside of flanges a, a, to which latter they are secured by rivets e, e. i

. As thus constructed the ends of the carline (which are the weakest of the structure) are greatly reinforced and strengthened, and are adapted to be supported either upon the top of the side walls (not shown) of a car or by securing the same to the inner vertical surface of the same by means' of rivets through the vertical web. I

In Figs. 3 and 4 of the drawings, I show a modified construction of my invention.

In this modification the channeled carline F is constructed the same as the carline A illustrated in the first two figures of the drawings, but, the end-plate has its vertical web G extended down below the horizontal plane ofthe bottom of the channel of the carline a suitable distance, and then bent upward and inward at, say, an angle of forty-five degrees, to form a strutvg, that has its end it bent horizontally and made to bear flat against the underside of the channel, to which it is secured by rivet kor otherwise. The upper edge of the vertical web G of said modified end-plate is-bent to ward the center of the carline to form a flange H that laps over and is secured to the flanged edge 7 of the channel by rivets j in thesame. manner as in the preferred form of my invention.

. In Figs. 5, 6, and 7 of the drawings, 1

illustrate yet another modification of my invention. In this modification the ends of the carline are reinforced by an end-plate 7 which is also greater in width than the width of said carline, and has its vertical web transverse to and engagin the end edges of the same. This plate? has an upper flange 9, similar to the endlates in both of the. constructions hereinbe ore described, which overlaps flanges 6, 6, of the end of the channel and is fastened thereto by means of rivets 8, 8. Said plate 7, also has a lower flange 10 that projects to a greater extent than the upper flange 9, and engages the under side of the end of said channel. This lower flange 10 is preferably, guss,etshaped,

that is, has its side edges extend obliquely from plate 7 in toward the center of the carline until they reach the underside of its channel, to which latter it is secured, preferably, by a rivet 12, placed midway between the vertical plane of the sides of said channel. This construction gives flange 10 i beyond the sides of the same, and provided with an inwardly extending flange which laps under and is secured to the bottom of the channel of said carline.

2. The'combination with a channeled carline, of a transverse end-plate engaging and secured tothe' end edges of the same and having upper and lower flanges, the upper flange "lapping over and secured to the laterally flanged edges of the channel of said carline, and the lower flange lapping under and secured to the bottom of said carline.

Thecombination with a channeled carline, ofa transverse-plate, the vertical web of which-engages the end edges of said car- .line :and which. web is provided with an upper flangethatlaps over and is secured at its medial'portion to the laterally flanged edges of the channel of the carline, and with alower flange thatlaps under and is secured at'lts medial P01131011 to the bottom of the said carline.

4:. The combination with a channeled carline, of a transverse end-plate'the length of which exceeds the" width of the carline, and

' the end edges of which latter it engages,

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said encl-plate having a'n'upper and a lower flange, the upper flange being narrower than the lower'flange and: lapping over and riveted to the flanged edges of the channel of said carline and the lower flange lapping under and securedi'to the bottom of said 5,. The combination with achanneled car- .line,-;of antransverse end-plate engaging and secured'to one of the ends of the same, said plate having a gusset-shaped'flange extending. inward fromits lower edge and secured at its medial portion to the bottom of the channel of the carline.

6. The combination with a channeled carline, of a transverse plate, the vertical web of which engages the end edges of said carline and which is provided with an upper flange that laps over and is secured at its medial portion to the laterally flanged edges of the channel of the carline, and with a lower gusset-shaped flange that laps under and is secured at its medial portion to the bottom of the said carline.

7. The combination with a channeled carline of a transverse end-plate the vertical web of which engages the end edges of said carline and extends down below the under side of the same and is then bent upward and inward and secured to the under side oi the channel of said carline.

8. The combination with a carline, which is channeled longitudinally, of a transverse plate the vertical web of which engages the end edges of said carline and has its upper edge flanged over and secured to the longitudinal flanges of the channel of said carplate the vertical web of whichengages the end edges of the carline and has its upper edge flanged over and secured to the transverse flanges of the longitudinal edges of said carline, and has its lower edge extended 1 and slit to provide struts that extend at an angle upward toward the center of the carline and engage and are secured to the flanges of said channel.

10. The combination with a carline which is channeled longitudinally, of a transverse plate the vertical web of which engages the end edges of the carline and has its upper edge flanged over and secured to the transverse flanges of the longitudinal edges of said carline, and has its lower edge extended and slit to provide a central horizontal member that is secured to the under side of the channel, and struts that extend at an angle upward toward the center of the carline and engage and are secured to the flanges of the same.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 19th day of January, 1920.

FRED MATHEWS.

Witnesses H NRY A. SAY, Jr, VIOLET WARDELL.. 

